Re: [TML] GURPS maintenance
Rupert Boleyn 21 Oct 2021 17:45 UTC
On 22Oct2021 0621, Alex Goodwin - alex.goodwin at multitel.com.au (via
tml list) wrote:
>
> Under either Collision's or Elv's modified maintenance rules, it's
> quite feasible to have one character (*koff* Nikki *koff*) single-hand
> a starship of no more than 200 dton or so, depending on how much they
> trust an autopilot.
Given Type S scouts are supposed to be soloable, this must be an
accepted practice.
>
> Then again, I have Easy Frag chasing me for Das Boot's flipping
> _amortisation schedule_, so my mob may be a bit of an outlier.
No, I've got one player who'd do that too, if it wasn't for the facts
that 1) all their loans have been government 'subsidised' loans where
you don't have to make the payments on time (but of course the fewer you
make, the longer the government gets to mess with your affairs), and 2)
a quick study suggested that the in-book rates reflected a really low
interest rate, and he decided he'd rather not nag me to the point where
I did the research and came up with some 'realistic' rates and payment
schedules (I wasn't going to - he talked himself into that one).
> Warn the players about something like that up front, and if they
choose to go a different route, have fun inflicting the consequences.
Indeed. It's only fair.
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Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com>